Comments on: Offsite complete, re-entry, hiatus

By: Patty Donald

Patty Donald — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:45:29 +0000

Hey Stranger,
I can see the Teenage you in your pictures, but your hair’s too short . What fantastic Trip. Your photography is spectacular. What an adventure in self and sprit, congratulations! Sure broought back memories of Sierra Club service trips to Silver Pass and trail maintenance and construction.. Makes me realize I really need a sierra fix soon. Thank-you for sharing and teaching me about this great program which I too will use in the future. If you are near Berkeley and want to spring byt the Berkeley marina, it would be great to see you.
Patty

By: Dave McNamara

Dave McNamara — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:23:28 +0000

Pete,
Great slide show and the photos brought back memories of this trip and meeting you and past trips I have taken (one over Bishop and Muir pass and on to Florence lake and another over Kearsarge and Glen pass and down Woods creek to Cedar Grove.) It was nice meeting you on multiple days this trip and I loved the picture of the “Golden Staircase” and you looking down on me and two of the three people with whom I was hiking. I look forward to having a beer with you this weekend in Wisconsin.

I also enjoyed Ryan’s comments. He was true to his word when he told Tad, who gave him a pack of lifesavers, that it made his day and he would note it in his journal.

By: Peter Zaballos

Peter Zaballos — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:38:19 +0000

Christine, thanks so much for your comments, and my apologies for getting your mother’s age wrong! I will email you separately with the photos, and please pass along my very warmest greetings to your mother for me too!

By: Sally Mcdonald

Sally Mcdonald — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:04:08 +0000

fantastic trip, fantastic pics and great technology too. (i’ve been using it myself since seeing this). Good luck on re-entry hiatus. As you now, we’re always here when you’re ready.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:00:57 +0000

Peter,

Thank you for the nice note about my mom, Patt. She truly enjoys working with the backpackers and identifies with them, having done 100 mile & 100K backpacks for the American Lung Association. I enjoyed your slide show, especially not being a backpacker – it gave me a real sense of what Mother talks about. I would love to have copies of the 3 MTR pics for my MTR collection.

Just a note – she is only 81.

By: Bill Gascoyne

Bill Gascoyne — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:15:48 +0000

Nice slideshow. Some last letters missing on the text; you may need a space after the last letter to clear it up, but I like the font and the text wipe feature. A number of familiar scenes (Lou Beverly, Muir hut, swinging bridge).

You sure seem to like switchbacks! Too bad Kearsarge doesn’t have any on the west side.

By: Marcelo Calbucci

Marcelo Calbucci — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:05:27 +0000

Welcome back Peter. It sounds like an amazing experience.